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~' i ~=~ THE POPISH TEST. FOR THE - Stiv. Mn• EDITOR,..—Th e Freeman's Journal having : 41ti vely stat e d, t h at no T es t i s attempte d by the 'Pius to be imposed on Members of Parliament, : 1(1 t hat you bad wilfully misrepresented them t hat respect, I beg leave to refer your Readers t97'it eßritislt Press of July last, in which may be fop 4 a bead-r o ll, or str i ng o f Resolutions, of cite tii Aggregate Meeting of Papists in Dublin in •!intutil, containing a specific proposition or . Levi't the effect, and nearly in the %vords used ja ? ° a•---If y on can refer to the file of T he -I(tl 'h Press, you will find these Resolutions, full were many in number. It also contains a report of the long speeches delivered on that ' et a l si ", in whi c h * a us e was attempted to be St of the a ut h or i ty o f on e of the Secretaries of l h ate) 4 . 11 (1 his speech on the Catholic Question in it: la " Session, which produced at the time a th e i mpression on the public mind , and which evenallecdote mentioned on your Paper of this ein g is not likely to remove: • Ch a „ CRANNIEIt. --xter Coffee-house, Friday Evening. GERMAN PAYERS. 1 , 44 , THE FRZNCH FRONTIERS, the MARCHI9 n . e : txt r il nine day s past re p or t s ate spre. , )1 Ain Nes of te rr i to ry between Fiance and othl which are negociated by the v a. s tlt C ommissioners for the Regulation of. C ons - tontiei s. According to these negocia ''the Fr ance would cede some Cont , ns in to filkrdennes, and the Depart went of the No rt h, tet ' e Kingdom of the Netherlands, and receive in sli t : r " a considerable pats of the Circle of Lan- Avir fl tno Bavaria. A' further arrangement, in troleli Prussia would also take a part, would then 3t, t b4b lY he made b e tw e en the frontier German t K t. in order to e ffect a closer connection he thltehl/ the Provinc es on the left bank of the Rhine, its t , ‘l. „ - , ek tiging to different 6t • mint Princes. There 114 - "lea of th e cess i on o f t he fortress of Landau, considerable district round it. d ull t 5, i Positi ve ly affirmed, from several quarters, thi el l e dep arture o f t h e Alli e d Army will de 38181Y t ake place .at the end of the Summer of Xo t ! and that from that time neither fortresses otth3/4;gre. districts belonging to France will bt 1 4tr l ' eti • The report of an occupation of some tti. as - 4e% for a certa i n time is wholly untotind ILe claims of the Allies will he liquidated Lord ilseriptions in the Great Book, so that the Va t f 'thes e I nscr iptions may immeoiately (Us- Zha t %them as t h e y pl ea se, and the Allied Powers „ F urther pecuniary demands upoo Franc e . Itiertf,-,"ktion of fortresses as a security wou ld , li k g:„ e needless, and it would be attende d difficolties. PE T „, "lON FROM MANCHESTER. 4 ,i rlD zl Mottr a tk t h e cwr.!oss of the UNITED K I NGPOM itiELANtlin Parliament assembled. hUU/h tt PeilTios of the undersigned Inhabitants of the TOwns and Neighboui hood of Manchester and Salford • ni w, f ' f ir. - --That the Manufactories fci Spinning and pre te tv Manchester and Salford. and their inini!•- e Old•, e , u ilY; innertin; and the hands therein Re (eo tisis e tirTo } f children as ' well as adults) form a . 1 111 4 " ," 1 " . °Ii of ' the - working classes in this District. th,s;''or Petition s bast feelingly deplore thr sufferings "'qui whn are thus er ' ,t o y e d iiiiisinuch as their daily la- It vu t t s 'i, tit't t6-an ' un reasonable and destructive eera tts :; Poult of time, but is generally performed in a tern s') ka t , wider circumstances, connected with the process trati„"`"clore, which render the pressure of its lengthened 41 14 al tt ' t: Iill more highly prejudicial. tall `Peciesof labour ahove-mentioned occasions results e st ,":l" , inus to many of the individuals who pursue it, * ln% c- c 2 411 Y to the delicate frame and strength of children, ••ii t . ,niumen with. the other hands, are obliged to attend . Ittua I ct nries early in a ruing, and continue their l fic S i te ni ght ; whence it is evident, that in passing to lerkheitt'per:l. their houses, they t xperience the inclemencies of err % inure than ordinary degree of severity mid * her, ; I "'i.ng to Ihe heated and relaxing state of the Mills ti fro m that " Tung and so closely tinctured. 'e o heeneralit of te ractice which is pr , odue h f th "e evils, g and the y natur h al p competitions of the , !rade, cannot be ret o • •t 1 without the aid of legislative NisC it Y; and your Peltio t nets are unable to express the 1414 1 4'1/ t hey feel hi the existing prospect of Parliamentary trot l l4 ; 4 / ynur Petitioners, nevertheless, hope th?t! s ht i t i y . submit to your Honourable House e krm with which the subject so strongly impresses t heist t4 " l " 0 Y to solicit the enactment of such regulations w r a i r ; l:ciitigel:oembracenis in Cottothe n other Mills pi Itc,b:T t e ro 'al pvisions of the Bill rect.tidy introduced by Sir 4 14 sour Petitioners will ever pray, &c. 1-I:4*Tir - 4t e abore P e ti t i on was last night presented to the R/r t d ° masons by the Right Hon. ReneaT Pect.; it is ttimAigls of 1700 o f th e pr i nc i pa l Inhabitants, ift ts l l o l ~iNvi..boin are 7 Magistrates, 20 Clergymen, 9 Phybicians, •.' • , •. 'tiv e , oß , b LlEratque.—Th e following, is a compara • 18 , 1 ("einem of the Revenue of Great Britain, . .1h 1 2, t . Q ‘ l l lrtel s ending th e s t h o f Ap r il, 1817 and *—... ii,„. l oQ; ( tu ac e of the R erenue o f G reat B r i ta i n , i n th e 'Ars ending the 511 i of April, 1817 and 1818. It_ht.onts .. ....... 1,9 18 12 17 ,29 G 2,003,1Z4 .14.,uv .............. 4,63-2,055 5,151;305 D '''"P'; ............ 1,492,611 % I'M "Ili " • 342,000 rosrsse ......... ..14111t1 i'ilx.•"exes 154,550 14184.0.4' utZus . . 93,595 . 73,270 ,C 9,510,2 I I Z 10,2.1.9,207 '""ears of P roperty Tax ,025,718 shit til us appears, that in the Quarter just Coded, • pla Ihereise of the Pet matient Revenue has taken clear i from 9,5 10,0001. to 10,249,0001., making . -mprovement 4739,0001. hi OP ERAIIOI.IsE.--MATHEws repeated tits.tery pleasant entert a i nment l ast n i g h t, am id st e w armest pl au di ts of au highly delighted au i4wMr.^ceMr. i\luaßav ltas renewed his lease of the Glas "n`v Theatre kir three years at 4001. exclusive of i‘ e , y r-e r st of money expended on repairs. t i,l 3 C• KEKBL E has been very successful in her ~.t " "ctil trip to Birmingham, though in London ' 4 3 ter a Patentee proscription. fifer, ~~s ° out' , to' bei 4 hot' 'let) i; l ' gel roP 6 , IVO 5 01 'ram los' ate; ,ill9' aqd► .iod - ,101 0 6 re. the Gr ( i i rt Is bi ire" 'der' cg• 41 s. 0 •! •.' • ' .40 • ' 4 6. ' • Ad • • 4 1 ; • • 4b b toe foto ga" s ill b e /la.'" rs o r l I on !Sera 11;' ble e hot t . die t ti3 o o Go ' a t d' REGISTER OF FASHION. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS'. Sii Ferdinand Richard' Acton, at Moria's Hotel, Dulie street, Manchester-'square; Mr. lieatlicote, in Grosvenor square, from his father's seat, Normanton Park; Mr. and NI rs. Hallifax and family, at their house in Wimpole-street ; E. S . Cooper, Esq. M. P., and family, at Henderson's Hotel, New Palace-yard. NAVAL CHARITABLE SOCIETY. A Quarterly Meeting of the Member?, of the Naval Charitable Society took place yesterday, at the Thatched 'loose Tavern, St. James's-street, a t which were present — Right Hon. Admiral Lord IlAnsTom in.the Chair. Admiral Sir John Colpoys. Vice-Admirals—Sir George Martin, Sir Thomas Williams, John Hunter. Rear-Admirals—M. H. Scott, Sir Pulteney Makolm, James Young, Abraham Guyot. Lieutenant-Gvernor William Browell. Commissioner James Bowen. Captains—Thomas Duo-this, Chn , .Grant, Walter Bathurst, George M‘Kinlev, J. T. Rodd, William Butterfield, E. I'. Brenton, J. F. Maples, John Bowen, J. L. Smith, James Bremer. Lieutenants—lion William Waldegrave. Robert Aitchison, Edward Aitchison, Frederick Bedford, Richard Williams, • Walter Watkins. Dr. Robert Robertson. Sargeons—Will i ant Pettigrew, Samuel Bromley. Purser Stephen Yarwood. • Reverend William Jones, &c. Fat y-six . petitioos we're presented for conside ration, forty-nine of which were relieved with 5061. 195., anti seven were rejected as inad missible. SPORIING INTELLIGENCE. STATEMENT OF THE 0..)/S ON THE DERBY, OAKS, tkc...=_ Arßil, 6. DRRBY Talien—lo to 1 apt c. by Orville, out of Allegretta. Taken-1 tto 1 apt Brother to Crecy. 11 to 1 agst c. by Waxy, out of Miltonia. 12 to t ag,t c. by Seymour, out of Rosalina. 13 to 1 ;agst c. by Waxy, o u t of Ring - tail. Taken-15 to 1 agst Dictator, out of Horuby Lass. OARS. Taken— sto I azst Loo, I Waxy. Taken— s to 1 agst c. by Walton, out of Pope Joan. 12 to 1 against any other. RIDDLEsWORTH STAKES. Taken —4 to lagst c. by ' , lck Andrews, out of Sister to Remeinbraucer. Taken-41 to 1 agst Brother to Crecy. Taken-7 to 1 agst c. by Waxy, out of Ringtail. 'Taken—S . to 1 agst f. by Walton, nut of Pope Joan. 8 to 1 act Dictator, out of Hornbv Lass. 9 to 1 agst Harraton, out of Laticas 7 bire Witch. HUNTING. • The Prince Regent's Stag Hounds meet Friday, at Bedfont, at. ten. The Quorndon !founds meet Thursday, at Kettleby ; Sa turday, at 9lartinshaw tv,,,,1. each morning at half-past ten. MKS. EDWIN. The public will hear. with no slight degree of concern and sympathy, that Zs EDWIN has been recently d e prived of a very large sum of money, laid by as a resource against the casualties at tendant on a professional life, and to bestow com fort on an aged parent, and an infirm and neces sitous uncle, through the villainy of a Stock- Broker, to whom she had entrusted its manage ment. A short thne back, Mrs. EDWIN wished to appropriate the sum alluded to—twenty-five him tired pottints Stock in the English Funds—to the purchase of a G‘ , vernment Annuity, and instruct ed her Stock Lit oker to do what was necessary for that purpose The regular transfer was accord ingly mad, by her, and the Broker received, not merely the stun mentioned, but one hundred and sixty pounds more, in order that the Annuity pro ciaet' should amount to the particular sum of 1501. He affected to have made the purchase pursuant to his iostructions, anti presented Mrs. EDwIN wills a document, apparently perfected with every necessary formality, and which, he said, would entitle her to receive - the Annuity at the Bank. of Err :and —following up the alleged execution of his trust with good wishes for her future bap , piness. In some time afterwards, this Broker was found a defaulter at the Stock Exchange, London ; but the circumstance was no material cause of anxiety to Mrs. EDWIN, as she supposed that her money had been disposed of beyond the reach of any fraudulent contingency. She remain ed under this impression until her first half-year's annuity was appl:ed for at the Bank of England, whets the claimant on her behalf was informed that no such name as her's appeared on the Books in which entries were regularly made of all such Annuitants. This intelligence led to further in quiry, when it unfortunately appeared that the Broker in qaestion had converted Mrs. EDWIN'S money to his own use—that the document he gave. her, to prevent any suspicion of the fraud, was a fictitious one—and that all -she had saved from the- earnings of a laborious professional life, to provide for the period when effort . may .he no longer practicable, and to give repose and con ' tent tnent to the declining years of two near rela tives, was lost—irredeemably lost. It requires no small sitar e of fortitude and resignation to meet' such a blow as this ; and it has affected Mrs. EDWIN deeply. She deplores the mis fortune less upon her own account, titan for the sake of those who are totally dependent upon her-- . -but feels-it, for every reason, most acutely. 'Such a situation as that in which she is placed, becomes now, not only fairly but naturally, a subject for the public generosity; and we are convinced, should Mrs. EDWIN appeal to it she will not do so unsuccessfully. Her great merit as an Actress gives a strong claim upon the Irish public, for whose gratification her talents have been so long exerted—but her distress as a wo man supersedes every other consideration, and must bring the hearts and exertions of all who !tear of it into her service.—(Driblin Correspond ent, 4pril 2.) Mr. RICE, the aspirant atter theatrical fame, who performed Richard the Third, at the New castle Theatre, with such distinguished applause, has since appeared in Shyluck and Ingo, in both of which - characters he failed. . SURREY ASSIZES, KINGSTON.-The trial of Allen, Lord Spencer's game-keeper, for shooting a poacher, took place yesterday, when he was acquitted. The circumstances of the case have already been correctly stated in this P.sper. PARLTA MENT. HOUSE OF L01113:‘, MoNDAY, APRIL 6. The. House proCeeded in Appeals. Mr. Bul lock, front the Treasury, Presented A , ,nual Ac counts of the Pith Expenditure, the F xu unded Debt,.Btc. which -were ordered to lie upon the ta ble ; and Mr. Bradley, from the Mint, an Ac count. of Gold and Silver Coinage from the corn. mencement of the present Reign.—Ordered to be printed. A Private Bill was brought up from the House of Commons by Mr. Lygotr and other Members, and read a first time. Petitions against the Additional Duty on Les - t er were presented by the Earl Spencer, front Wallingford ; by the Marquis Camden, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lola Viscount Melville (the names of the places not heard).—Ordered to lie upon the table. On the motion of Lott! Viscount MF,LVILLE, the Lou , z it ude and Northern Passage Bill was or dered to be committed. LIBELS. Lord ERSKINE adverted to a motion he bad made last Session for returns of persons arrested and held to bail on charges of Libel, where no in dictments had been • previously found, which re turns had been partly made ; and also to the no tice he had given of his intention to bring torward motion upon the subject. His Lordship ob served (as was understood), that for the purposes of his intended motion he should consider the law to be against him. He felt it, however, to be his duty to bring forward some measure upon this question to the consideration of their Lordships, - believing it as he did to be of the•greatest im portance ; but he thought it right to postpone the motion for the present, until the return to town 01 a Noble Earl (Grey), who originally introduc ed the question.—Adjourned till Wednesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir T. ACLAND presented a petition from Ilfracombe. against the Coal and Culm Duty.—Laid on the table. Sir T. MOSTYN presented a petition from Flintshire, pray ing for the repeal of the Salt Duties.—Laid on the table. LEATHER TAX. Petitions against the Leather Tax were presented from the Tanners and Curriers of Windsor, Preston, Wallingford, • Kingslinn, Birmingham, Holywell, Manchester, Newport, Doncaster, Anglesea, York, Sheffield, Malinsbnry, Derby, Macclesfield, and the Counties of Fife and of Norfolk.—Read, and laid on the table. BANK NOTES. General THORNTON gave notice that on Wednesday next he should more for a return of the total nominal vahte of the Bank Notes of which the Bank had refused payment for the last six years. A petition from Warwick, praying for an alteration in the Laws of Conveyancing, was laid on the table. Mr. SHAW-presented a petition from Dublin, against the Window Tax.—Laid on the table. Mr. BLAIR presented a petition from the Freeholders of the County of Wigton, against the Lunatic Asylum Laid on the table. Several Petitions against the Cotton Factory Bill were pre sented from the Owners and Occupiers of Cotton Mills at Preston, Glasgow, and Derby.—head, and laid tin the Table POOR LAWS. Mr. STURGES BOURNE postponed the further conside ration of the Report on the Poor Laws front Wedne.iday to Friday next. WI TERNIEN. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition from Olt: Wa termen plying at the several stairs on the River Thames, against the Bill for building a bridge at Rotherhithe. Mr. WROTTESLEY thought; that instead of suspending a public work, it wonld he preferable to increase the fares of Watermen, and to introduce a Bill into Parliament for that purpose. Mr. Alderman WOOD stated that the Court of Aldermen of the City London had the power to inalte such an alte ration without any Bill. lie had ❑o doubt that if the Wa termen petitioned that Court. to that effect, the object would he obtained.--The Petition was then read, and laid on the Table. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition from Mr. J. Jennings, in the County of Somerset, who co••.•ilained of having been charged differently from his nelghbours for th,, Pool's Rates.—Referred to the Committee on that suyeet. Mr. Alderman WOOD then moved for a Return of the Dnt paid on Coals in the Pool of London, fur the last three years.—Ordered. Lord MILTON presented Petitions from Bridlington and Halifax, in the County of York, in favour of the Cotton Fac tory Bill.—Laid on the table. CO - I'l'oN MANUFACTORIES. Mr. PEEL stated, that the opponents of the- Bill for regulating the working hours of Cotton manufacturers had hitherto contended that the House was not possessed of sufficient evidence to show that those hours were excessive, and their consequences injurious to the persons employed. The opinions hitherto given had been repre sented as the speculations of Physicians re siding in London, and who could have bad no opportunity of properly investigating the subject ; or as those of the parties themselves, who were said to be actuated by a spirit orr' Luddism, in opposing their employers. If there were any defect in the evidence already before the House, he held a Petition which would supply it, gild was exempt from all the charges made against the others. It was signed by the names of se venteen hundred and thirty-one .of the most re, spectable inhabitants or Manchester, who feel ingly deplored the situation of the persons em ployed in Cotton Manufactories, on account of the excessive hours and the temperature in which they were made to work, which produced the most injurious consequences amongst them. — Among the Petitioners 7 were Magistrates, 9 Physicians, 21 Surgeons, and 20 Clergymen, and 17 of these of the Established Church. One of the Physicians had attended - the Infirmary for 27 years, and three of the Surgeons for thirty years. The Hong': would, thereftire, now be in possession of the opinion of 30 medical men, who thought the working hours excessive, and their consequences injurious to the individoais employ' , ed ; and it could no longer be maintaed that sufficient evidence had not been proditced. -. • The petition having been read, Mr. PHILLIPS thought it rather extraordinary, that in so populous a place as Manchester, only 1731 individuals should have signo4l a Petition which was represented as expressing the senti• !petits of the town. As to the opinions of medical men, he knew that a difference existed: But cer tificates had been given by physicians and sur geons, who spoke from actual observation and trom facts, and not from general impressions, and who considered the persons employed in cotton manufactories at Manchester in a - sit nation far superior to those engaged in other• labours, and more free from complaints. . Sir F. BURDETT though the assertion that chii. dren of a tender age, called out early in the morn ing at all seasons, and kept closely at work till ten o'clock at nigh - t, were not injured by such treatment•, wa d -a-most monstrous post ion. lie therefore hoped that the Hon. Baronet would persevere, and that the House would not &lay to adopt a remedy to so crying an evil. Lord STANLEY entered into a comparative esti mate of the prowess of disease in children thus employed, contrasted with it in others not so em ployed, front papers nod estimates laid bet , o - e the [louse, and felt disposed to infer that the [ere sentations contained in these Petitions had been at least in .this respect overcharged nearly one- third. Mr, PEnt. and Mr. PrTILLIPs explained, and the Petition virus ordered to lie on the rabic. • COTTON FACTORY RILL. - Sir ROBERT PEEL postponed the Report on the Cotton Factory Bill to ntna Friday, PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Sir F. BUROETT presented a vat iety of Petition., amount ing prcbably to a hundred, praying for Parliamentary Re forin.—Ordc:.cd to lie on the 'rabic. Mr. JOHN SMITH presented a Petition from several re spectable Publishers, complaining of th, hardship to which they were subject in consequence of the Act compelling them to transmit Copies of Works to the Universities, and other Public Institutions.—Ordered to lie on the Tuttle. LEAH-lER TAX. Lord ALTHORPE moved, that the Bill for re pealing the Additional Dirty on Leather be now read a second time. Mr. C. GRANT was ready,' as well as the rest of the Muse, to give every possible relief to the country, and to pay due respect to the requests of the people. But be could not refrain front thinking, that, in the present,case, the petitioners had come before the House under rather• extra ordinary circumstances. For a whole century, during which every other trade has been,subject ed to increased taxation, the Leather Trade had remained free from any additional burden. This had continued from the time of Queen Anne to 1812. But on what ground should it have been any longer exempted front contributing its due share to the service of the State ? had increas ed in prosperity like all other branches of trade, and yet it was now proposed to replace it on the footing on which it was 100 years ago. Would this he just towards "the other trades? It had not been proved that the tax imposed in 1812 had been attended with injurious effects. If the re venue had decreased and the trade too, if the trader had not had the power of throwing the tax on the consumer, and if there was no pro spect of the trade reviving with others, then strong prima facie case might be • made out : but the contrary was the fact, .and this was proved by the papers laid before the House., The tax I►ad been imposed in the month of July, 1812. The produce of the original duty, up to the sth of July, 1812, had been 363,8901. and that of the. ngxt year, with the additional duty, .654.000/. or nearly double that of the former, although im mediately after the imposition of a new tax a di minution might have been expected. The itt crease had continued for two years longer, for in 1814 the produce had been 667,000/. and 'in 1815, 677,0001. It was therefore evident that the duty had not injured the trade, since both had doubled together. It was also clear that the traders had thrown the tax on the consumers, for the price of the article had risen even more than in proportion. In "1812 it was Is. 7d. per pound, and in 1814, from 2s. to 2s. 2d. Not only the domestic but the foreign consumers lad paid off the tax, for the exports had trebled in two years. As to the depression which had taken place, it appeared to be as follows : in 1816 the produce of the Tax had sunk to 599,0001., ant! in 1517 to 595,0001. ; but this was from causes which were notorious to all when tire period was considered, and which bad beaten down every other branch of trade. The almost total cessa tion of demand had occasioned that fall, Roil no diminution of taxes could create u demand which had no existence of its own. There was another cause also for the decrease which had taken place in the Revenue. Previous to the Act of 1812, the Tanners were not allowed to perform any opera tion on the hides while they were undergoing the tanning process. All the superfluous parts pot being shaved off increased their weight whets they went to pay duty, Boil consequently the duty itself. By the Act cl 1812 this restriction was removed, and the weight of I►ides being reduced had occasioned a proportionate diminution in the produce of the duty, which by some was esti mated at half the amount of the depression.— Supposing that it was only one-t bird, still it would account fur a very considerable part of the reduction. In many cases, iron had also been substituted for leather, and thus another ground of diminution had sprung up. In January, 1817, tire produce of the tax, as charged, was 611,000/. and as collected, 599.0001. There had also been ant increase of 17,0001. during the last quarter. If the accounts were ovule up from January to January, instead of trout July to 'July, the facts wl►ich he had stated would be confirmed. The produce bad been • On January 5, 1812 On January 5, 1813 On Jammu 5; 1814 On January 5, 1815 On January.s, 1816 On January 5, 1817 but charged 611,000/. which were in progress of collection. It was stated that a proof of the de pression of this particular trade might be torn nd the increased number of bankruptcies, and the di minution of licenses. .But it was notorious that at the close of, the war the trade was more one of speculation than any thing else, and why should tanners be exempted from the consequences of speculations any t►rore than others ? They load speculated rashly, and now bore the consequences of their rashness. During the last two years, the amount of the sums for which Extents in Aid hed been issued against Tanners did not exceed 20001. which showed that their distresses could not be very considerable. • With respect to the diminu tion in the licences, it was remarkable that the licences in the Malt Trade" tad also decreased since tine repeal of the Malt War Vuty. In 1815, before that repeal, they amounted to 20,548, and in 1817; since it Lad taken place, to only 80,272. He then contended. that the question was not to be de - C - ided on partial and local, but on general grounds. The duty of the Hoase, was t© support the revenue, which requited ita . protection. It the , a